English IV - GullIVer's Travels
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This quiz tests students on Parts I and II of Gulliver's Travels, Terms, Vocabulary, and Modifiers.
- 1.The people of Lilliput call Gulliver _____.
- A.
Man-Hill
- B.
Man-Mountain
- C.
Man-Giant
- D.
Man-House
- 2.Instead of killing him outright, the Lilliputians decide on which of the following punishments for Gulliver?
- A.
Exiling him
- B.
Cutting off his hair
- C.
Blinding him and slowly starving him to death
- D.
Poisoning him
- 3.The people of Lilliput are very _____.
- A.
Small
- B.
Big
- C.
Huge
- D.
Thin
- 4.The country of Lilliput is _____ the country of Blefuscu.
- A.
Under
- B.
A long way from
- C.
Friendly with
- D.
At war with
- 5.When Gulliver wakes up in Lilliput, he cannot _______.
- A.
See
- B.
Move
- C.
Hear
- D.
Speak
- 6.The argument between the Big-Endians and the Small-Endians was about ...
- A.
Ships
- B.
Eggs
- C.
Shoes
- 7.When Gulliver first arrives in Brobdingnag, he hides in a ____.
- A.
House
- B.
Field
- C.
Cooking pot
- D.
Wooden box
- 8.____ is one of the most important officials who helps Gulliver at first.
- A.
Yahoo
- B.
Struldbrug
- C.
Flimnap
- D.
Reldresal
- 9.Who said, "For six years we've had two political groups, the High-Heels and the Low-Heels"?
- A.
Gulliver
- B.
Gulliver's wife
- C.
Reldresal
- D.
The King of Blefuscu
- 10.The King of Brobdingnag thinks that political life in England is ____.
- A.
Perfect
- B.
Polite
- C.
Terrible
- D.
Clever
- 11.What does the farmer make Gulliver do in order to earn money?
- A.
Perform tricks for spectators
- B.
Spy on neighboring farmers
- C.
Work in the fields
- D.
Kill rats
- 12.There are two groups of people in Lilliput who argue about ____.
- A.
Which color shoes to wear
- B.
Which end to break their eggs
- C.
Which language to speak
- D.
Which king and queen to choose
- 13.In Brobdingnag, a monkey takes Gulliver ____.
- A.
Over the fence
- B.
Down the garden
- C.
Up a tree
- D.
On to the roof
- 14.How does Gulliver end up stranded in Lilliput?
- A.
He survives a shipwreck.
- B.
His crew abandons him.
- C.
He is dropped there by an enormous eagle.
- D.
He stops there for provisions and is trapped while he sleeps.
- 15.What is the line of doctrine over which the Blefuscudians and Lilliputians differ?
- A.
"All true believers shall break their eggs at the small end."
- B.
"All true believers shall break their eggs at the big end."
- C.
"All true believers shall break their eggs as they see fit."
- D.
"All true believers shall break their eggs at the convenient end."
- 16.Who is Gulliver's main enemy in the royal court of Brobdingnag?
- A.
The king
- B.
The dwarf
- C.
The queen
- D.
Reldresal
- 17.Satire is
- A.
A rehetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for an effect
- B.
A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of specific techniques in order to make a comment about it
- C.
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things
- 18.An oxymoron is
- A.
A contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality
- B.
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things
- C.
A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect
- 19.Incongruity is
- A.
To present things that are out of place or are abdsurd in relation to the surroundings
- B.
To enlarge or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous
- C.
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person in order to ridicule the original
- 20.Parody is
- A.
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person in order to ridicule the original
- B.
To present the opposite of the normal order
- C.
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to the surroundings
- 21.Metaphor is
- A.
A contrast between expectation and reality
- B.
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things
- C.
A rehetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for an effect
- 22.An example of a metaphor is
- A.
The wet flame flickered in darkness.
- B.
There are millions of things to do.
- C.
"Life is a journey, travel it well."
- 23.Situational irony ...
- A.
Occurs when the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express
- B.
Involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs
- C.
Occurs in a narrative when the audience knows more about the circumstances than a character
- 24.Hyperbole is a(n)
- A.
Extreme exaggeration
- B.
Understatement
- C.
Comparison between two unlike things
- 25.Caricature means
- A.
To imitate the techniques of some person in order to ridicule the original
- B.
To enlarge something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous
- C.
To present things that are out of place in relation to the surroundings
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